Oxfordshire County Council has launched a campaign to encourage modal shift to buses in the county as the cost-of-living crisis bites. With petrol and diesel prices at record highs, bus operators have calculated huge savings by leaving the car at home: A return journey between Witney and Oxford via Stagecoach S1, five days a week, […]
Rotala’s Preston Bus has unveiled two vehicles in heritage liveries to celebrate 100 years of motor buses in the city. The Wrightbus Geminis recall the look of Preston’s buses in the 1950s and 1990s but the celebration is not just about the past, the company is looking forward to its next century. Read more about […]
Leicester’s new net-zero carbon bus station is due to open to the public next week. The £14.3million bus station redevelopment is part of the St Margaret’s Gateway regeneration project. The new St Margaret’s bus station will be back in operation for local bus users from Monday 27 June. National Express is due to begin operating […]
Big Green Coach, the specialist events travel company, has become one of the first national passenger travel organisation to introduce FORS standards into its supply chain. The move comes as the company’s business activities diversify into new government contracts. With its core business operating in festival and concert travel throughout the UK and Europe, the […]
RHA Coach is calling for members to write directly to their local MP to support an appeal for a 15p per litre diesel duty rebate. The organisation, backed by the giant haulage body RHA, says the rising cost of fuel cannot be met for a great deal of contracted work and comes alongside other cost […]
Wrightbus has opened an onsite recruitment office as it looks to further expand its workforce at its factory in Ballymena, in a bid to continue growing its team. Last year, the company announced it was looking for hundreds more staff following an increase in orders. And in recent weeks, Wrightbus has announced international deals with […]
Construction of the first phase of the Sprint bus rapid transit network has completed in Birmingham, improving cross city travel for millions of people who live and work in and around the region. Sprint is a landmark project, being the first cross city corridor of its kind. The A34 and A45 routes are being delivered […]
CPT Scotland has welcomed the announcement today that Transport Scotland is extending NSG+ for the bus sector until 9 of October 2022. NSG + was introduced to help cover the difference between reduced revenue and increasing costs, largely due to the continuing impact of Covid-19. The £40m scheme was frontloaded to give support to the […]